Palestinians are on the receiving end of a racist Western onslaught, but we cannot compromise on the right to self-determination and liberation.
Palestinians are evidently not entitled to the same rights as other people. This is the only Western standard that has been applied in the last hundred years.
It is an established fact that Israel is an apartheid state. The questions then are – how to dismantle it and what comes next?
A new song celebrates the mood of collective Palestinian defiance in 2021, and pays tribute to all those who have fallen.
Israel announced the completion of a 65-kilometer-long sensor-equipped underground wall and maritime barrier around the besieged Gaza Strip. Not a single mainstream media outlet used the term “concentration camp” to report on it but they should have.
As the current disastrous phase of Anglo-American colonialism sinks even deeper into chaos and anarchy, causing untold suffering in the Arab and Muslim worlds and elsewhere, thoughtful reflection and careful analysis become more urgently needed. Heeding Edward Said’s call, Haider Eid uses literature to “de-orientalize the orient” in Gaza.
Reactionary Arab regimes are normalizing with apartheid Israel as international civil society, intellectuals, and artists honor the Palestinian call for BDS.
Haidar Eid performs the Simsimiyya as part of a collection of resistance songs from around the Arab World.
The escape of six Palestinian prisoners from Israel’s Gilboa prison opened pathways to new worlds beyond the walls erected by apartheid Israel and its barbaric, inhumane policies.
A new song celebrates the Sumud (steadfastness) of the people of historic Palestine following the latest horrific Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.